I don't know the answers to your questions weitsicht. But I was making a sideways reference to Rupert Murdoch's attempted put down of HH the Dalai Lama as an 'An old political monk shuffling around in Gucci sandals'. Of course, at the time Murdoch was married to Wendi Deng who was and apparently sti...

With my MoviePass I've seen the following: All the Money in the World Downsizing Star Wars Three Billboards Phantom Thread... All for 10 bucks. I walked out on Three Billboards (hey, it was basically free) and Phantom Thread was a long, disappointing movie mostly. Did anyone else see Three Billboar...

I received mind instruction from a teacher and 'got it'. Later he began to behave in an increasingly erratic way ( to say the least). Eventually his behaviour was such that I was no longer able to view samaya as still being an operant factor. Which does not diminish my eternal gratitude to him. Both...

Two comments: First, any interpretation of an authority should be done within the constraints of logic and logical reasoning. Secondly, in interpreting commentaries by authorities on the ultimate, one has to get a grip on the method to examine/analyse the relative to come to a reasonable conclusion...

For what it's worth I am of the view that the best thing he can do both for Rigpa and for Vajrayana in the west is shut the frack up about the issue. He has made things worse..I don't doubt the fact that this was not his intention.

My hands ARE dirty. I am not Realised. I eat and shit and sleep and drink and work with afflictions. I do not live in a platonic Idealised world. I live in a world where some go hungry and some are cold and some live in fear due to political decisions made by others. I will not walk on by on the oth...

K.Y. I don't care what you think of my or any one elses participation in political discussions.
And I will continue both to participate in them and to not care what you think about that.
I hope that's clear.

With the greatest of respect for HH the 16th Karmapa who I had the honour to meet, he lived most of his life in a cultural and political setting utterly different to that of most of us.
We must find our own way on some issues.

Mantrik and Simon, instead of simply disagreeing, criticisms and insinuations about others' Dharma practice being cowardly or incomplete? Misrepresenting our position and dismissing us as snowflakes doesn't show any desire to communicate. If this is how metadiscussion about politics goes, maybe you...